April 12, 2018
…anti-racism and violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people of color. She currently serves as special projects director in the Oakland office of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which represents 20,000 caregivers and housekeepers and lobbies for labor legislation on their behalf. “I worked with Alicia when she was a…
March 8, 2018
…the hospital’s first openly transgender staff member, Harris has worked to improve communications between hospital staff and LGBT patients through education, including leading faculty and staff through sensitivity and awareness trainings. One of her main goals has been informing people on how discrimination can stifle critical conversations with regard to…
December 4, 2014
…Center, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, Raza Resource Centro and Women’s Center) serve the entire campus—students as well as staff, faculty and the San Diego community. “Our 20th Anniversary will help illuminate the work we are trying to do,” said Welch. “Our main goal hasn’t changed since the center…
April 14, 2021
…racism and violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people of color has made a significant impact on the lives of many in our nation and around the world.” Deliver the Student Keynote Address Do you have an amazing story to tell, or a compelling message to convey to your peers?…
October 31, 2023
A current New York Times columnist and TV personality known for his fearless brand of political and social commentary, Charles M. Blow will share his experiences as part of the UC San Diego Extended Studies Helen Edison Lecture Series on November 6, 2023 at Park & Market in Downtown San…
December 2, 2021
…as it relates to transgender people’s health outcomes with everything from hormone therapy treatments, to molecular differences impacting cardiovascular disease outcomes. His current work on sex-specific differences in cardiovascular disease is a first step toward this larger goal. To understand how and why heart diseases affect men and women differently,…
June 16, 2022
…courage. As a queer, transgender, low-income, first-generation Mexican immigrant, Lima acknowledged the love that surrounded him and encouraged graduates to reflect on all of the people in their life that helped them get to where they are. Lima’s family cheered as he took the stage to deliver a send-off message…
April 30, 2020
…she came out as transgender, and subsequently, went through a divorce. “I was very alienated from all of my surroundings, my wife, my family. And so what else could I do, but hold onto things when nobody else wanted them?” she said. “I could bury myself in a world that…
